QUALIFIED WORKSHOP 2 UNIT I

PRESENT SIMPLE VERSUS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I. Study these examples 1-8, from the interview and answer the questions below:

1. You're doing a “Higher National Diploma” (HND) in “System engineering”.

2. What's the company working on?
3. They're turning an old office building into a night club.
4. I'm doing a project on a new Mine Engineering laboratory.

5. I have classes three days a week.

6. I really enjoy it.
7. I like the maths and physics.
8. I want to go on to do the degree.

1. Why the Present Continuous is used for sentences l -4?

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2. Why the Present Simple is used for sentences 5-8?

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 We use the Present Continuous for things that are happening now and for a limited period
around now: E.g. I' m studying Technical English in this semester.

 We use the Present Simple:

 For things which are always true. E.g. Copper conducts electricity.
 For repeated actions, habits, and events. E.g. We finish early on Thursdays.
 With verbs that describe thinking and feeling. I like calculus, I think that we finish
early today, etc.
II. Put the verb in the sentences in the correct tense, Present Simple or Present
Continuous.

1. Ms Davis………teaches….……(teach)Maths. Simple present

2. Classes…………………………..…..(start) at nine o'clock.
3. AIec…is…taking……………….(take) an HND course. Present continuous
4. He……............………………… (study) at Telford College this year.
5. On Tuesdays, he………………………(study) in the library.
6. He………........…………………… (want)to be a Mine Engineer.
7. He…......………………….. (work) on a project about a new Software.
8. A lot of local people…….……………. (not / like) the proposal.
9 They………..…………….(think) it will increase the amount of traffic near their homes.
10 The old bridge carrying….(carry) ten times the traffic, it was designed to carry. P.C.

III. Answer these questions about you with complete sentences. Write short
answers where possible.

1 What are you studying? ….............I`m studying a System career........................

2 Where are you studying? …………………………………………………………………………………
3 How long is your career? …………………………………………………………………………………
4 Is it part-time or full-time? …………………………………………………………………………………
5 What qualification do you get when you complete the career?
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6 What are the main subjects? ……………………………………………………………………………..
7. Which subject do you find most difficult? ……………………………………………………………..
8. Why do you find it difficult? …………………………………………………………………………………
9. Which subject do you enjoy most? ………………………………………………………………………
10. How many classes do you have each week? ………………………………………………………
11. When do your classes start each day? ………………………………………………………………..
12. When do they finish? …………………………………………………………………………………………
13. Do you have any self-study time? ……………………………………………………………………..
14. What do you hope to do when you finish your career?
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 IV. Reading and comprehension

Read the text and translate to Spanish.

Location of a computer station:

Here is one way to set up your computer station. Put you screen in the centre of the system. Then
put one speaker in the centre on the left, and put the other speaker in the centre on the right.

Put the scanner at the top on the right, and put the computer at the top on the left. Then put the
DVD drive at the bottom on the left, and put the printer at the top in the centre. Finally, put the
keyboard at the bottom in the meddle and put the mouse at the bottom on the right.

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